A Little League baseball game was in full swing when it was frantically interrupted when an 8-year-old bat boy found a needle, picked it up and accidentally poked himself.

A Little League baseball game was in full swing when it was frantically interrupted when an 8-year-old bat boy found a needle, picked it up and accidentally poked himself.

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Updated: 8:12 PM EDT May 13, 2014

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WEBVTT A BOY WAS STUCK WITH A NEEDLE AT A BALLPARK. SHELDON INGRAM SPOKE WITH THE BOY AND HIS PARENTS. HERE IS THE MESSAGE TO OTHERS. Reporter: A LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME WAS IN FULL SWING ON THIS BALL FIELD LAST WEEK, BUT IT WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY FOUND A NEEDLE BY THE DUGOUT, PICKED IT UP AND POKED HIMSELF ACCIDENTALLY. IT SENT EVERYONE INTO A PANIC. W W W WILLY MORE FOUND THE NEEDLE. I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK AND IT STUCK. I TOLD HIM TO DROP IT. HE GOT NERVOUS AND TRIED TO PUT THE CAP BACK ON AND HE PRICKED HIS FINGER. Reporter: A HOST OF PARENTS ERUPTED WITH CONCERN, FEAR AND ANXIETY. THEY RUSHED HIS SON TO THE HOSPITAL. MADE YOU NERVOUS? UH-HUH. DID YOU START CRYING? YEAH. YOU GOT SCARED? DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD GET SICK FROM A DIRTY NEEDLE? YEAH. Reporter: THE GAME WAS POSTPONED WHILE OTHER PARENTS AND CHILDREN SEARCHED FOR MORE NEEDLES. THEY FOUND A SECOND ONE. HIS BLOOD TESTS CHECKED OUT OKAY BUT HIS FATHER IS STUNNED TO KNOW SOMEONE WOULD LEAVE NEEDLES WHERE KIDS PLAY BASEBALL. HE SAYS WHOEVER DID IT HAD TO BREAK INTO THE PARK BECAUSE THE GATES ARE LOCKED. JUST SHOCKED IT WOULD HAPPEN AT A BASEBALL FIELD AND DROP NEEDLES THERE AND WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING THERE THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING AND BREAKING IN. THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT. WHAT LESSON DID YOU LEARN FROM ALL OF THIS IN. DON'T PICK UP ANY NEEDLES. Reporter: THEY AREN'T OUT OF WOODS YET. ALTHOUGH LITTLE HIS BLOOD CHECKED OUT OKAY FOR THE FIRST

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A Little League baseball game was in full swing when it was frantically interrupted when an 8-year-old bat boy found a needle, picked it up and accidentally poked himself.